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本帖最后由 楚山头 于 2014-10-5 13:56 编辑
刚刚看到recen发表的陈琦增补单词list1和list2~额。。。他们现在为之补了5个list,我把剩下的3个也放上来。10月25日三战赞人品~
Unit 3
☆whet [wet]
【考法】vt.刺激,激起:to make keen or more acute
【例】Media moguls intend to whet a public zeal for the low-fat burger. 传媒巨头们希望能够掀起一场低脂肪汉堡的狂潮。
【近】arouse, bestir, elicit, excite, evoke, ignite, kindle, rally, stimulate, waken
【反】assuage, allay, mitigate, mollify, pacify, soothe 平息,缓和
tilt [tɪlt]
【考法1】v.倾斜:to set or cause to be at an angle
【例】The mirrors are controlled by an electrical signal that causes it to tilt either toward or away from the laser source. 电信号控制着这组镜片,使其转向或者远离激光光源。
【近】angle, cant, heel, list, incline, pitch, slant, slope, tip
【反】erect 竖立
【考法2】n.倾斜:the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle
【例】She expressed her approval with a slight tilt of her head. 她斜着头,表达她的认可。
【近】bend, grade, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning
plodding [ˈplɑːdɪŋ ]
【考法】adj.无聊的,单调乏味的:characterized by dullness and monotony; lacking variety or excitement
【例】How can you stick with this show through the first four plodding episodes? 你是怎么坚持把前四季枯燥无味的节目看完的?
【近】dreary, dull, humdrum, jejune, monotone, monotonous, pedestrian, stale, stodgy
【反】absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting 令人感兴趣的
unsung [ˌʌnˈsʌŋ ]
【考法】 adj. 被埋没的;不知名的:not celebrated or praised (as in song or verse)
【例】 They are among the unsung heroes of our time. 他们是我们这个时代的无名英雄。|| Although little known and unsung, it is one of the grandest little towns you could ever wish to see. 它虽然名不见经传,但却是不可错过的最具恢宏气势的小镇之一。
【近】 noteless, obscure, uncelebrated, unfamous, unknown, unrecognized
【反】celebrated, famed, famous, noted, prominent, renowned, well-known 出名的
generic [dʒəˈnerɪk ]
【考法】 adj. 无差别的,普遍的:having no particularly distinctive quality or application
【例】 A love of big things—big houses, big cars, big meals—seems to be a generic trait of the American people. 热衷于大的事物——大房、大车、大餐——似乎是美国人的普遍特征。
【近】 blanket, common, general, universal
【反】 concrete, distinct, peculiar, precise, specific, unique 特有的,独特的
balderdash [ˈbɔːldərdæʃ ]
【考法】 n. 胡言乱语,废话,无意义的话:words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas; nonsense
【例】 What a load of balderdash! 简直是一派胡言!
【近】 babble, blabber, drivel, nonsense, prattle, mumbo jumbo
humbug [ˈhʌmbʌɡ]
【考法】 n. 骗子:a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person
【例】 To blame the dam for environmental destruction which has already occurred is a plot of political humbugs. 把先前已经出现的环境破坏归罪于大坝是政治骗子们的一个阴谋。
【近】 charlatan, fake, fraud, hoaxer, imposter, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham
【派】 humbuggery n. 欺骗
expostulate [ɪkˈspɑːstʃuleɪt ]
【考法】 vi. 争论,辩驳:to reason earnestly with a person for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance
【例】 The concerned parents tried to expostulate with their daughter when she announced her intention to live on her own in Los Angeles. 当获知女儿想独自在洛杉矶生活的想法时,她的父母很担心,试图劝阻她。
【近】 demur, inveigh (against), object, protest, remonstrate
【反】 accede, agree, approve, assent, sanction 同意,批准
contain [kənˈteɪn]
【考法】vt.抑制,控制:to keep within limits
【例】 She could hardly contain herself when she received the email of admission. 当收到录取通知书时,她几乎无法抑制自己的情绪。|| futile efforts to contain the spread of the disease 未能有效控制疾病扩散
【近】bridle, check, constrain, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, measure, regulate, rein, restrain, tame
【反】 liberate, loose, unleash 释放,不再加以管束
catharsis [kəˈθɑːrsɪs]
【考法】 n. 情绪的宣泄、释放:elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression
【例】 The author calls reading a perfect practice of catharsis, one that cleanses him of feelings of fury and frustration. 作者声称阅读是一种宣泄情绪的极佳方式:所有的愤怒与失望都随之消失。
【近】 cleansing, expurgation, lustration, purgation, purification
【派】 cathartic adj. 宣泄情绪的
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——张羽东,中国人民大学,2012年10月GRE考试,Verbal166, Quantitative168
Unit 4
libelous [ˈlaɪbələs]
【考法】 adj. 恶意中伤的,诽谤的:constituting or including a libel;defamatory
【例】 The election campaign degenerated into an exchange of libelous remarks. 竞选活动已经沦为了双方互相的谩骂和诽谤。
【近】 backbiting, calumnious, defamatory, detractive, invidious, maligning, scandalous, slanderous, traducing, vilifying
【反】 adulatory, applauding, commendatory, eulogistic, eulogizing, laudatory, praising 说好话的,奉承的
embryonic [ˌembriˈɑːnɪk ]
【考法】 adj. 初期的,萌芽阶段的:being in an early stage of development
【例】 He does not have much faith in the embryonic European central bank. 他对于处于萌芽阶段的欧洲中央银行并不看好。
【近】 aborning, beginning, inceptive, incipient, inchoate, initial, nascent, rudimentary
【反】 adult, full-blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe 成熟的,成形的;moribund将死的
accustom [əˈkʌstəm]
【考法】vt.使习惯:to make familiar with something through use or experience
【例】As a kid from Southern California, the first challenge in his PhD life is to accustom himself to the harsh winter climate in Boston. 身为来自南加州的小孩,他博士生涯的第一道挑战就是习惯波士顿寒冷的冬天。|| If you are accustomed to time-series analysis, you can develop new and more delicate quantitative models. 如果你对时间序列分析有所了解,你就能构建出更新、更精妙的定量模型。
【近】familiarize, habituate, inure, orient, wont
【反】alienate, estrange, wean 使疏远
fractious [ ˈfrækʃəs ]
【考法1】adj. 难以管束的:tending to be troublesome; unruly
【例】a fractious rebel that would not submit to the authority 一名绝不向当局屈服的顽固的反叛分子
【近】balky, contumacious, defiant, perverse, intractable, obstreperous, refractory, unruly, untoward, wayward. willful
【反】compliant, docile, subdued, submissive, tractable 顺从的
【考法2】adj. 易怒的,暴躁的:readily angered
【例】an incorrigibly fractious young man 暴躁到无可救药的年轻人
【近】choleric, fretful, irascible, irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, testy
【反】affable, agreeable, easygoing, genial, gracious, mellow 和蔼的,随和的;forbearing, obliging, patient, stoic , tolerant 容忍的,忍让的
repentant [rɪˈpentənt ]
【考法】adj. 悔过的:feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done
【例】Certainly the image of a repentant playboy helps sell books. 毫无疑问,一个花花公子浪子回头的形象能帮助书的销售。
【近】apologetic, compunctious, contrite, penitent, regretful, remorseful, rueful, sorry
【反】impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic, unrepentant 不知悔改的
☆compound [kəmˈpaʊnd]
【考法】vt. 使恶化,加重:to make worse, more serious, or more severe
【例】Additional bloodshed and loss of life will only compound the tragedy in this nation. 额外的流血和牺牲只会加重这个国家的悲剧。|| The problem is compounded by the corrupt and unfair medical system here. 在这里,腐败和不公的医疗体制使问题进一步恶化。
【近】aggravate, complicate, exacerbate, intensify, worsen
【反】allay, alleviate, assuage, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe 缓和,减轻
province [ˈprɑːvɪns]
【考法】n. 职能范围:sphere or field of activity or authority, as of a person
【例】Increasingly, nurse practitioners are lessening the heavy workload of physicians by performing medical tasks once thought to be the exclusive province of doctors. 越来越多的护士开始执行原属于医生专属职能范畴的任务,从而大大减轻了医生的工作负担。
【近】business, duty, function, role
windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl ]
【考法】n.好运,幸事:an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage
【例】Hitting the jackpot was an unbelievable windfall for the recently laid-off worker. 对这个刚失业的人来说中彩票头奖是令人难以置信的天赐好运。
【近】benediction, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna
【反】apocalypse, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, disaster 大灾难;bane, scourge 祸害
bohemian [boʊˈhiːmiən]
【考法】n.特立独行之人:a person (as an artist) who has an unconventional life-style that often reflects protest against or indifference to convention
【例】Due to the lifestyle of modern-dance pioneer Isadora Duncan was considered a bohemian, since it was marked by unconventional behavior and attitudes. 现代舞先驱伊
莎多拉·邓肯的生活方式叛逆不羁,充满了反传统的举止和态度,因此她被认为是特立独行之人。
【近】deviant, heretic, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist
【反】 conformer, conformist 循规蹈矩的人
upbeat [ˈʌpbiːt]
【考法1】adj.心情好的:having or showing a good mood or disposition
【例】The line was incredibly long, but people were patient and upbeat. 队伍长得不可思议,但好在人们很有耐心,心情也不错。
【近】blithe, buoyant, chipper, eupeptic, gay, lightsome, winsome
【反】dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen 忧郁的,心情沉重的
【考法2】adj.给人希望的,象征好运的:having qualities which inspire hope
【例】Several upbeat signs imply that the economy is recovering. 一些迹象给人们以希望,表明经济正在复苏。
【近】auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, heartening, optimistic, promising, propitious
【反】bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, dismal 压抑的,令人绝望的
送给此刻正捧着“3000”的你:愿你为它付出光阴和汗水,愿它化作你青葱岁月的回忆,愿这本伴我走过备考时光的伙伴,助你实现飞跃重洋的梦想。
——段晓宇,Verbal 169,Quantitative169
Unit 5
uncharacteristic [ˌʌnˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk]
【考法】 adj.反常的,非典型的:not typical or distinctive
【例】It's an uncharacteristic acquisition for the company, which traditionally hasn't bothered much with voice technology. 对这家以往对语音技术不怎么感兴趣的公司来说,此次采购实属反常。
【近】aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant, irregular, unusual
【反】typical 典型的
hagiographic [ˌhæɡiəˈɡræfik]
【考法】 adj.捧为圣人一般的,过分谄媚的:of, relating to, or being hagiography; overly or insincerely flattering
【例】He deserves more careful and more objective scrutiny rather than the hagiographic portrayal he has generally received from the press. 比起媒体对他惯用的谄媚描绘,他的一生值得我们更为仔细和客观地研究。
【近】adulatory, flattering, gushy, ingratiating, oily, oleaginous, soapy, toady, unctuous
【反】artless, earnest, genuine, heartfelt, ingenuous, sincere, unfeigned 真挚的,真诚的
apostle [əˈpɑːsl]
【考法】n.(政策或思想等的)信奉者,支持者:a person who actively supports or favors a cause
【例】In her later years, Bertha Pappenheim was an apostle of noble but already anachronistic notions, always respected for her integrity, her energy, and her resolve but increasingly out of step and ultimately alienated from even her own organization. 在她的晚年,伯莎·帕彭海姆仍然秉信着那些高贵但已过时的观念,尽管她的正直、能量和决心得到尊重,但越来越多的脱节使她最终被自己的组织疏远。|| Her mother was a dedicated apostle of healthy eating. 她母亲是健康饮食矢志不渝的倡导者。
【近】advocate, champion, crusader, expounder, espouser, exponent, partisan, promoter, supporter, proponent, protagonist, zealot
【反】adversary, antagonist, opponent 反对者
☆foreground [ˈfɔːrɡraʊnd ]
【考法】n. 最受人关注的位置:the part of a scene or representation that is nearest to and in front of the spectator; a position of prominence
【例】This is another worry about terrorism that has come to the foreground in recent years. 这是近年来开始备受关注的另一个令人忧虑的恐怖主义问题。
【近】 spotlight
spotlight [ˈspɑːtlaɪt ]
【考法】vt.使受关注,使突出醒目:to direct attention to; highlight
【例】The budget crisis also spotlighted a weakening American economy. 预算危机也突显了正在衰退的美国经济。
【近】accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, foreground, highlight, illuminate, press, punctuate, stress
【反】de-emphasize, minimize, understate, play down 轻描淡写,使不重要
flabby [ˈflæbi]
【考法】adj. 疲软的,无力的:lacking strength or determination; weak and ineffective; feeble
【例】You can always hear talk about American business being flabby. 你总能听到有关美国经济发展疲软、后劲乏力的议论。
【近】debilitated, effete, enervated, faint, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, languid, sapped
【反】mighty, powerful, robust, stalwart, stout, strong 强壮的,强健的
row [roʊ]
【考法】 n.争吵,争执:an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
【例】The incipient row regarding taxes could affect trade between the two countries much more than the festering dispute over banana imports, which has been going on for years. Unfortunately, the trade regulators seem to be ignoring both disagreements. 关于税收的初期争端会比持续多年的香蕉进口纠纷对两国贸易影响更大,但不幸的是这两起争执都被贸易监督机构忽略了。
【近】altercation, controversy, disagreement, dispute, dissension, fight, imbroglio, quarrel, squabble, wrangle
【反】 accord, assent, agreement, consensus, harmony, unanimity, unison 一致同意
manacle [ˈmænəkl]
【考法】 vt. 限制,给…制造困难:to confine or restrain with or as if with chains; to create difficulty for the work or activity of
【例】Some of the company’s supporters charged that the negative report had been motivated by a broader political assault on the company that was designed to help market rivals who would like to see the company manacled. 一些该公司的支持者指责这份不利于该公司的报告背后有着更为巨大的政治阴谋,它旨在让该公司受到限制——而这正是该公司的市场竞争者们所期待的。
【近】chain, check, clog, encumber, fetter, hamper, handicap, restrain, shackle, trammel
【反】enfranchise, liberate, unbind, unfetter, unshackle解放;aid, assist, facilitate, help促进,帮助
cloak[kloʊk]
【考法】vt.遮掩,隐藏:to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
【例】Unlike the problems in recent financial scandals, issues raised by the regulators in this case appear largely to pertain to unwieldy accounting rules that are open to widely divergent interpretations — not to sham transactions designed to cloak corporate malfeasance.不同于最近发生的金融丑闻,这次由监管者引发的问题似乎主要与晦涩难懂的会计法规有关(这些法规有很多争议性的解读),而与那些旨在隐藏公司不法行为的虚假交易没有关系。
【近】belie, camouflage, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, obscure, occult, screen, sham, shroud, suppress, veil
【反】debunk, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil 揭露,揭穿
avant-garde[ˌævɑːŋˈɡɑːrd]
【考法】 n.(尤指艺术上的)先锋派:an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts
【例】To this theater world's avant-garde, silent films seemed like a very old-fashioned play whose time had come and gone. 对于这个影视先锋派而言,无声电影似乎已是辉煌不再的过时表演方式了。
【近】forerunner, harbinger, pioneer, precursor, vanguard
【反】 conservative, diehard 保守者,顽固分子 |
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